Haven't been here long (3rd year at Bridgewater State), so haven't felt like I should start voting just yet. Just wanted to make sure I was familiar enough with most of the teams before I did. I'll probably jump into the "voting pool" next season.

But I definitely want to say thanks for doing a poll like this. Makes playing here much more fun. Makes a guy not want to make the jump up to D2 and beyond. I really appreciate it.

The updated Coaches Poll is posted above. I'm trying to put more information into it, so that it can be more entertaining for everyone who views it. If anyone has any suggestions for things they would like to see added to it then just let me know either on here or through sitemail.

The final Top 25 poll is out. I plan on doing more in depth analysis of each teams games played next season, but for now you have the top 10's best wins. I also plan on trying to add a little bit more information to the rankings. Once again, if anyone has any ideas of things you would like to see added just let me know. Thanks again bisoneer for your suggestions. I plan on using them next season.

What a day of CC games, the coaches #1 Concordia (WI) (2), #2 Huntingdon (2), #4 Susquehanna (3) and #6 Ohio Wesleyan (2) all suffered losses. That allowed for #3 Loras to take the No. 1 overall slot for the playoffs with the other 1 seeds being #9 Ferrum (1), #7 Merchant Marine (1), and #5 Menlo (1). Rounding out the coaches top 10 we have #8 MIT (2) and #10 Oberlin (3) who will potentially face each other in a 2nd round match-up. 22 of the preseason top 25 made the post-season cut (Albion, Chicago, and Wisconsin-Stout didn't live up to their potential this season) and all of the final coaches top 25 made it into the playoffs except for #25 King's who had their bubble burst because they couldn't get enough love from the selection committee. That leaves 8 teams outside of the coaches top 25 who made the playoffs. 5 of these received votes in the final poll: Capital (7), Cortland (7), Whitworth (8), Methodist (7), and Austin (8). The last 3 teams in the pool of 32 all won their CC game to make the field: Bluffton (7) upset #19 Guilford (5), St. Norbert (8) defeated Washington (MO), and Benedictine (8) took down #1 Concordia (WI) (2).

I'm not sure if Elkhour is planning to do his usual playoff predictions, but I'll probably try to put up something similar if he doesn't. (I may go ahead and do it anyways)

I'm going to try and follow Elkhour's format of going through the brackets one by one, first ranking the teams in the individual bracket using Bisoneer's Power Rankings. The format is School (seeding) (overall rating, offense rating-offense rank in this bracket, defense rating-defense rank in this bracket). Then throw in few comments, and end with Upset Alert and Prediction. At the end I will compare the 4 brackets and rank them among each other in terms of talent (teams average rating) and competitiveness (standard deviation to show how close the team ratings are to each other)

*If you compare this to previous seasons, please note I am using the BPR and not the EPR. This is the cause for a lower average team rating than you may be used to seeing.

Four teams in the North bracket have won a National Championship within the past 10 seasons: Loras, Concordia (WI), Wisconsin-Platteville, and Fairleigh Dickinson. Colorado has also been competitive at the national level for a number of seasons. Loras is the only team to enter the bracket without a tally in the L column, and Wisonsin-Platteville's only loss is to Loras and Colorado's only loss to Wisconsin-Platteville. Concordia (WI) and Benedictine both represent the IBFC and split their previous two games. Benedictine's upset of the then #1 Concordia (WI) is what earned them a slot in the playoffs. Does Benedictine have what it takes to knock off the #1 team once more?

The south division is the only bracket not to have an undefeated team represented. However, it does contain a number of teams that have become very familiar with the playoffs. Gettysburg enters it's 19th consecutive post-season, Ferrum it's 18th, St. Olaf it's 10th and Linfield it's 7th. Ferrum and Gettysburg are definitely the favorites on paper to advance to the regional finals, but don't be surprised if Ohio Wesleyan or St. Olaf is able to snag one of those spots as they've both have very strong seasons with their only blemish being one loss.

Merchant Marine enters the East region with the best record (14-0) but there are a number of teams in the bracket with the talent to challenge them. MIT, Mount Union, and Oberlin each suffered just one loss this season. Union (NY) has suffered 3 losses this season, all to teams that also made the post-season. However, Union (NY) had notable wins vs Benedictine, Muhlenberg, and MIT. Macalester is another team that faced stiff in-season competition, including wins vs Benedictine and Gettysburg. The East is has a lot of teams that can compete and should make for an exciting bracket to follow.

Wow! What a collection of teams we have in the West Region! "Air Raid" Menlo puts up video game numbers for passing stats and Huntingdon has just as much offensive talent (if not more). Those two teams put up an average of 62.6 and 58.1 points per game. On the other side of the spectrum you have Susquehanna and Austin, both defensive powerhouses allowing 11.1 and 12.4 points per game respectively. Not that Huntingdon or Menlo are strangers to defense, Huntingdon allows just 9.6 points per game while Menlo and Susquehanna's defenses are both averaging almost 3 picked passes a game. Between the top 4 seeds, only one team has even suffered a loss (Susquehanna lost to FDU in the MAC Championship). Unfortunately for the remaining teams of Case Western, Whittier, and Bluffton, it's going to be an uphill battle to make it out of this bracket that ranks #1 in talent.